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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Vegetable Seed Selection 2009

Choosing different vegetable seeds to grow each season is one of my favorite parts about gardening. Since I have very limited room to grow things in my rooftop container garden I have to rigorously edit what I plant. I stick with vegetables that produce multiple fruits per plant. I love onions and carrots, but they're not an efficient use of my available space so they're not an option for me to grow. These are the ones that made the cut:

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This is my second year with a veggie garden. There were a few things that didn't make the cut for a second year such onions, beets, and pumpkins. I don't have much space either (well I could have more space but that would be a discussion with hubby about tearing up more lawn! LOL).

I usually grow a green jalapeno, but this year I decided to mix things up and am trying a yellow jalapeno. I haven't tried growing bell pepper in containers. I wonder if there are miniature varieties that would work on my balcony... Cheers!

Last year I planted the miniature "Golden Baby Belle" from Burpee and they grew very well in containers. In fact they grew too well, I should have grown just 1 plant not 2, by the end of the season I wasn't sad to see them die. You should give them a try, they'll surprise you with their output.